Young scientists Google Science Fair 2013
Marie Curie is her role model as a female scientist and Thomas Edison’s working principle is her motivation. She never gave up even if she didn’t have results which she expected.
Working hard She worked on her project more than two years to obtain a bioplastic which has appropriate characteristics. After a lot of researches and trials, finally she achieved. First of all she researched to find contents of banana peel to decide that if it is a good starch source or not. Her aim was to produce a bioplastic which can not easily decay and at the same time elastic. She used propane 1-2-3 triol as a plasticizier which she Elif was trying to find researched and found in best method articles about bioplastic production. Bioplastic which she created in first trials, was decaying in few days. To prevent decaying of plastic she found a solution after a lot of trials. She dipped banana peels in 0.5% of Na2S2O5 solution before boiling and mechanical smashing process to make it stronger. It worked and material passed strength test and also it didn’t decay for weeks. During her trials she heard about Google Science Fair and decided to attend it with her project. After her long hard work and endeavor, finally she deserved prize.
Sources https://www.googlesciencefair.com http://www.scientificamerican.com/science-in-action
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